With the end of another year of Keith Oralmann's Hour of Spin, we really should recognize the high, and low points, of 2008. That's the purpose of the Olby Awards. What was Keith's biggest lie? The most outrageous example of Olbypocrisy? The meanest, dirtiest smear? The most egregiously biased report? On the flip side, who really came through with the sharpest, most devastating exposes of the infamous, deplorable one? Whose smackdown stung the most? So many possibilities, and so few days until the end of the year.

2008 found Edward R Olbermann using Kos to formulate his commentary, rushing to parrot what Markos told him to say, and even letting the Kossacks write his interview questions. Of course there was the repeated, serial compulsive lying. The embarrassing revelation that Oralmann is a tax deadbeat. His humiliating Czechoslovakia attack on John McCain (which he never repeated once Olbermann Watch exposed it). And so much, much more.

A good place to get caught up on the most embarrassing Monkeymann moments of this past year is our Olbermann Watch youtube page. Here you will find devastating critiques by Mark Levin, John Gibson, and many others. Plus our own videos catching Merkle in bouts of extreme hypocrisy, dishonesty, and downright stupidity. There are hours of viewing fun in just the 2008 videos (remember the racial slurs...and Olby's open-mic embarrassments?), and you can count it as research, so your rchoices for the Olby Awards will be as well-informed as possible.

GIve us your picks for the Olbies. Create your own categories if the standard award designations don't exactly fit. Comments are open!

There's nothing quite like watching the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann attempting to spin his way out of embarrassment, rewrite history, or otherwise mangle the ethics of journalism to protect his inept butt.

To understand what we are talking about, we consulted the OlbyWatch Research Division. They delved into the archives to dig out a story from last year. Yes, Herr Olbermahn "covered" the story in his peculiar fashion. And we have the direct quotes to prove it:

• May 9 2007: The FBI claims it has broken up a plot to attack Fort Dix in New Jersey. The flaw, though, in the breathless reporting of the purported terror cell, the bureau infiltrated the six-person group after its members took video of themselves practicing with assault weapons, brought the tape to a photo store, and had it transferred to a DVD. The details of the supposed plot don't seem to hold together that well either, though that did not stop extensive and entirely credulous coverage on TV, the Internet, in print today... In other words, the FBI has arrested six morons.
• June 4 2007: Officials of this country have revealed so-called terror plots at times that were just coincidentally to their political benefit, no matter how preposterous the actual schemes might have been, including a plot against Fort Dix, where pizza deliverymen were supposed to kill at will at an Army base full of soldiers...the authorities announce arrests in a far-fetched plan to attack soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey. The so-called terrorists planned to gain access to the base by posing as pizza delivery men.
• June 6 2007: The candidates repeatedly referring to both the JFK story and the similarly dubious Fort Dix pizza delivery fantasy as ominous signs of the worldwide terrorist threat... ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: I think if the public says enough is enough, enough of the fear mongering. We've been down this road before. Remember, before the JFK plot we had the Fort Dix Six. And before the Fort Dix six, we had the Liberty City in Florida. And what has happened to all these plots that were endangering our lives?

We'd be happy to enlighten Arianna, and Keith, as to what happened:

Five Muslim immigrants were convicted Monday of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at a New Jersey military base in a case the government said demonstrated its post-Sept. 11, 2001, determination to stop terrorist attacks in the planning stages. The defendants were acquitted of attempted murder charges but face life in prison for conspiring to kill military personnel. The federal jury spent about 38 hours deliberating over the past six days.

The men lived in and around Philadelphia for years. The government said after their 2007 arrest that an attack had been imminent and that the case underscored the dangers of terrorist plots hatched on U.S. soil.... Convicted were: Jordanian-born cab driver Mohamad Shnewer; Turkish-born convenience store clerk Serdar Tatar; and brothers Dritan, Eljvir and Shain Duka, ethnic Albanians from the former Yugoslavia, who had a roofing business. A sixth man arrested and charged only with gun offenses pleaded guilty earlier.

If Olbermoronn reports this news, it reveals his previous inane banter for the buffoonery that it is. Does he spike the story and pretend the convictions never happened? Or twist it around and claim the innocent "morons" are political prisoners and should be released? Or does he take the courageous step of not even showing up for work today? Perhaps he will admit he was wrong and...strike that, ain't gonna happen. It's our Monday night thread, open early so that we can all enjoy the anticipation of tonight's inevitable Great Moment in Olbypocrisy.

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This is the recappers' comment thread for tonight's Hour of Spin. It falls on you--the clear-thinking readers of Olbermann Watch--to document Keith Oralmann's diseased rantings for posterity. Comments are open!

This is the recappers' comment thread for tonight's Hour of Spin. It falls on you--the clear-thinking readers of Olbermann Watch--to document Oralmann's diseased rantings for posterity. Be an Olbermann Watch blogger--without all the muss and fuss! Comments are open!

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When the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann attacked Red Eye the other night, we knew the blowback would be coming. Host Greg Gutfeld delivered the smackdown, and ombudsman Andy Levy followed up with a few parting shots:

Found by a cleaning lady at MSNBC studios . . . a piece of executive-sized stationery with the initials K.O.

__ Browbeat the interns.

__ Call the Dale Carnegie people. Demand refund.

__ Check Daily Kos threads to find out what the kids want to hear tonight.

__ Repeatedly stab photo of Bill O'Reilly muttering oaths and curses.

__ Taunt CM, RM about my salary increase.

__ Renew "Verbal Advantage" subscription.

__ Send vocabulary out to be waxed.

__ Hit GoDaddy. Register InsufferableTwit.com and PompousGeek.tv

__ Hit Netflix. Put "Reds" at the top of the queue. Again.

[As crossposted at ChrisMatthewsLeg.com]

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Yes this is your Wednesday thread to recap The Hour of Spin. But tonight we have a special bonus: dramatic readings from the blue blog outrage over the Blago scandal! Since we know the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann uses blue blogs as news sources, consider this a window into the sort of diseased dementia that informs Monkeymann's 'newscast' night after night...

This is the recappers' comment thread for tonight's Hour of Spin. Post your analysis of tonight's Hour of Spin. Be an Olbermann Watch blogger--without all the muss and fuss. Comments are open!

This is tonight's open thread for tonight's Hour of Spin. We need you to document the outrageous lies and vertiginous spin of the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann. Watch Oralmann if you dare, and do your recapping right here. Comments are open!

We've got our own nomination for Worst Person in the World: Cindy Babcock Deutsch is the President of the New Rochelle School Board.

Ms. Babcock Deutsch runs a school district that thinks its a good idea not just to ban books but to literally tear pages out of books deemed "inappropriate" by school officials.

Admittedly, Girl, Interrupted is not my favorite movie but you just don't rip pages out of books - ever.

We've never lobbied Keith Olbermann for a WPITW before but in this case a special effort is warranted. Plus, Keith, you get to run video clips of Winona Ryder AND Angela Jolie.

UPDATE: Good news!

Apparently, the board members read blogs - and did not like what they were reading about themselves. Good work, everyone!

Facing Firestorm of Criticism, New Rochelle Schools Relent on "Girl, Interrupted" Censorship

This is tonight's open thread for your comments and recapping of The Hour of Spin. Enjoy tonight's Hour of Spin, if you dare. Comments are open!

This is the recappers' comment thread for tonight's Hour of Spin. It falls on you--the clear-thinking readers of Olbermann Watch--to document Keith Oralmann's diseased rantings for posterity. Comments are open!

This is the recappers' comment thread for tonight's Hour of Spin.It falls on you--the clear-thinking readers of Olbermann Watch--to document Oralmann's diseased rantings for posterity. Be an Olbermann Watch blogger--without all the muss and fuss! Comments are open!

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h/t Huffington Post

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